Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
We examined the effects of interviewer-provided social support and perceiver gender on adults' perceptions of child witnesses. Adults watched a series of socially supportive or nonsupportive child interviews and rated their perceptions of the children. Adults who watched supportive, as compared to nonsupportive, interviews thought that children were more accurate in their reports, more confident, and better able to remember details and resist suggestion. However, perceptions of children's desire to please the interviewer, anxiety, and credibility did not vary as a function of support condition. Gender differences were not pervasive and only emerged on adults' perceptions of children's ability to resist suggestion. Compared to men, women were more likely to think it was easy for children to resist suggestion.
Publication Date
2000
Journal Title
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference
Volume
4
Issue
1
First Page
54
Last Page
59
Copyright
©2000 by the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Recommended Citation
Cooper, Jennifer A.; Rovang, Megan M.; and Fredericks, Kelly K.
(2000)
"Effects of Social Support on Adults' Perceptions of Children's Reports,"
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol4/iss1/8
